Since updating, my Apple Remote Desktop 3.7 is not working properly.

Since updating to 3.7, my Apple Remote Desktop Admin is not working properly.

Prior to the update, everthing was working correctly.

Since the update, workstations are not showing up in the Scanner, some workstations are flickering between Available & Offline, others are showing as Access Denied. I have updated all of the clients to the appropriate ARD clients.

What I'd like to say about ARD 3.7 can't be written in this forum. I run a very small company, however we use 45 Macs. I use ARD to connect, control, etc. all of them. Version 3.7 has completely shut me down.

Example: In the same room running two different iMacs with ARD 3.7 (with FIREWALL OFF) it takes forever for the screen to load on the mac I want to view/control. The only thing connecting them is a Netgear Gigabit Switch.

The ARD software team should be emarrased - don't they test it before releasing it. FYI - all of the computers we have are running Mavericks, they are all late model iMacs and Mac Pro's and they all have a minimum of 8GB of memory.

I have 9 machines, all running mavericks (10.9) and just dated to ARD 3.7 also.

Since the update, I am effectively shut down. I am able to connect and control, but the framerate is like 0.5 frames per second. minimizing windows consist of 2-3 frames max. My cursor is so lagged, I can't control it easily and it takes forever for me to train it on the exact item i'm trying to click.

Please apple, Fix ARD. I think more of us rely on it for TONS of critical applications more than you know.

I have described on another discussion (ARD 3.7 crashing) throwing out the old ARD database and rebuilding from scratch. That has helped me immensely. Up until today it has been working better than ever. However, today I look in a group and I will see that one Mac has been substituted for another. So there is more than corruption of an older database going on.

Same here, clients keep showing, leaving my admin remote desktop or flashing so fast i cant click on them, I wish i did not update, anyone how to reset the plist? to see if it helps? im worry to revert to the previous version or any1 has done sucesfully?

Enable Remote Desktop over VNC using the steps above: This will trigger the OS to ask you if you want to add a firewall exception for screen sharing, which will allow you to connect via VNC.

NOTE: Sometimes these steps won't permanently work and you'll need to disable the firewall altogether.

Again, I must turn off my firewall to connect to it's VNC, otherwise I get a timeout, even after setting "Screen Sharing" to allow incoming connections.

ANOTHER UNRESOLVED PROBLEM: I have a problem where the last frame takes 2 seconds before being sent, even though most of the frames before it are sent through quickly. For example, if I'm typing in a terminal and enter the command cd .. [return], then "cd .." shows up fast, but after pressing return, it takes 2 seconds before it refreshes the view and shows me the result of the command.

Neither of these problems happened with ARD < 3.7.0 . Anyone know how to revert back to the old version? It was much more responsive! This new version is unusable!

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